Liverpool were eliminated from the League Cup due to a 2-1 loss sustained at Arsenal's Ashburton Grove home, but Rafael Benitez has insisted that the defeat will not dilute the feel-good factor that engulfed Anfield following the Manchester United win at the weekend.
Pass-master Fran Merida opened the scoring in the first-half with a long-range effort, but the visitors levelled the game with an equally impressive shot from Emiliano Insua. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool full-back, Emiliano Insua, 20, is looking to add to his midweek goal - a sensational long-range volley struck against Arsenal in the fourth round of the League Cup at Ashburton Grove.
The burgeoning Argentinean, who has one international cap, was delighted to ripple the net in the first half, despite his side going on to lose 2-1 due to a second half Nicklas Bendtner effort. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is convinced the Gunners season will be won or lost at Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal are currently the leading scorers in the English top flight, having smashed 10 goals in their past two home games maintaining a 100% record at Ashburton Grove.
Wenger is in no doubt of the importance of continued strong performances in front of the 60,000-strong Gunners faithful, with north-London rivals Tottenham the next league visitors at the end of the month. Click to continue reading...

Which Gallas will show up?

Today see the visit of Birmingham to Ashburton Grove. The incident 2 seasons ago at St. Andrew's will no doubt still rankles in the mind of all Arsenal fans. The Eduardo broken leg incident brought about sad memories of that particular season. First for the bad injury that the Brazilian suffered at the hand (or legs) of Martin Taylor but more importantly, it was the start of which Arsenal lost the impetus for the Premier League title.

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Hark back to 2006. It was the first season at The Grove and despite many more tickets being on sale on a match-by-match basis, many gooners couldn't get a ticket to watch their club in the plush new stadium. It was nigh on impossible for Red members to get a ticket.
In those times, we couldn't buy a home draw in the Carling cup. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday I asked for the team to show how good they can be, and they did. The 2-0 scoreline does Olympiakos a favour, they were under the cosh for 99% of the game and the movement, speed and creativity you get from Arsenal at their very best lit up Ashburton Grove last night. The 60 odd thousand people in the stadium got a real glimpse of football at its most beautiful.

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Who: Arsenal (9th) Vs Wigan Athletic (11th)
What: Barclays Premier League, Round 5 for Arsenal, Round 6 for Wigan.
Where: Emirates Stadium, Ashburton Grove, London N5, England.
The Gunners are back in London, after visiting Manchester twice, and Belgium once in their past 3 matches. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger is still too eulogised for my liking in England. The presence of a cerebral polylinguist with a background in economics at the heart of English club football continues to daze many a hack, who sum him up with tired labels like 'genius' or 'the professor'.
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The Swiss stopper Philippe Senderos does not appear to have a future at Ashburton Grove, but Villa are ready to offer him a new home. Aston Villa are pondering a move for out-of-favour Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos. Senderos spent last season on loan at Milan, but the Rossoneri declined the chance to purchase him outright, despite the [. Click to continue reading...

The Swiss stopper Philippe Senderos does not appear to have a future at Ashburton Grove, but Villa are ready to offer him a new home. Aston Villa are pondering a move for out-of-favour Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos. Senderos spent last season on loan at Milan, but the Rossoneri declined the chance to purchase him outright, despite the [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal kicked-off match day two of their Champions League campaign with a tie against FC Porto of Portugal. The Gooners inside Ashburton Grove anticipated a much improved encounter than the poor performance and 3 points dropped against Premier League newcomers Hull City last weekend. Arsene Wenger's 'sweeping changes' involved replacing Emmanuel Eboue with Samir Nasri, other than [. Click to continue reading...

Not going to talk about the embarassing display on the pitch. We all know it was sh*t and not good enough. Aside from the match, I am angry, really angry about the ticketing situation that saw two Hull muppets get seats in the middle of the North Bank upper yesterday. When Hull scored, they showed themselves and [. Click to continue reading...

60 games after coming to Ashburton Grove, the Emirates effect finally wore off. It was a result that no-one saw coming, but after the lethargic first half performance, it became a self fulfilling prophecy. It is not as though Arsenal invited this defeat as much as they contrived to lose the game through a failure to [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal have targeted Celtic's chief executive Peter Lawwell, and it appears that he's the current favourite to replace already-departed Keith Edelman according to The Daily Telegraph. Edelman had held the job since 2000 and was instrumental in steering the club through its move from its old home Highbury to its new Emirates Stadium at Ashburton Grove. Click to continue reading...

Vodafone chief executive Paul Donovan is being linked with the job at Arsenal - to replace already-departed Keith Edelman. Edelman had held the job since 2000 and was instrumental in steering the club through its move from its old home Highbury to its new Emirates Stadium at Ashburton Grove. According to The Daily Mail, Donovan [. Click to continue reading...

A public information announcement... Following Newcastle United chairman Mike Ashley's Ashburton Grove appearance in the Toon end with pint in hand, the Football Supporters' Federation is looking for any fans ejected and/or prosecuted for drinking in sight of the pitch this past weekend to come forward. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal have been drawn with Steve McClaren's FC Twente in the third round of the UEFA Champions League. The first leg will take place on 12/13 August at Grolsch Veste, with the return fixture on 26/27 August at Ashburton Grove. The draw, which is still underway in the Swiss city of Nyon, was rather friendly [. Click to continue reading...

Goodness me, Alexander Hleb was really itching to get out of the exit door at Ashburton Grove wasn't he? Despite a number of clubs reportedly being interested in the Belarusian (Milan and Real Madrid chiefly among them), that hasn't stopped him from proclaiming that Barcelona is the dream move that . Click to continue reading...

As I was flipping channels last night, I saw an advertisement on GolTV that they will be showing the Emirates Cup from Ashburton Grove this coming August. The four-team tournament features Juventus, Real Madrid and Hamburg. It will take place... Click to continue reading...

Amaury Bischoff and Arsenal have agreed on terms that would bring the 21-year-old midfielder to Ashburton Grove. The Portuguese upstart turned down new terms with German club Werder Bremen and now the two clubs need to agree on a fee... Click to continue reading...

Those waiting to see Aaron Ramsey won't have to wait long. Arsene Wenger is likely going to give the 17-year-old his Ashburton Grove debut at the Emirates Cup in early August. Arsenal will face Real Madrid and Juventus on consecutive... Click to continue reading...

Those waiting to see Aaron Ramsey won't have to wait long. Arsene Wenger is likely going to give the 17-year-old his Ashburton Grove debut at the Emirates Cup in early August. Arsenal will face Real Madrid and Juventus on consecutive... Click to continue reading...

In the first of his new series of articles for Salut! Sunderland - under the working title of Sixer's Soapbox (let me know if you come up with something better) - Pete Sixsmith draws huge encouragement from a gutsy Sunderland... Click to continue reading...